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A Phase 2 Study to Investigate the Safety and Efficacy of Petosemtamab in Adults With Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in Combination With Pembrolizumab as First-Line Treatment

NCT ID: NCT07353957Sponsor: Merus B.V.Last updated: 2026-06-05

Summary

The study will test the efficacy and safety of petosemtamab in combination with Pembrolizumab in first line patients with squamous non-small cell lung cancer and non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer.

Arms & interventions

  • Combination ProductPetosemtamab + Pembrolizumab

    Petosemtamab + Pembrolizumab

Outcome measures

Primary

  • Objective response rate per investigator assessment

    ORR was defined as the proportion of participants who had a complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) per RECIST v1.1.

    Time frame: Up to 4.5 years

Secondary

  • Duration of response per Investigator assessment

    Time frame: Up to 4.5 years

  • Disease control rate as per investigator assessment

    Time frame: Up to 4.5 years

  • Clinical Benefit Rate as per investigator assessment

    Time frame: Up to 4.5 years

  • Progression free survival as per investigator assessment

    Time frame: Up to 4.5 years

  • Overall survival

    Time frame: Up to 4.5 years

  • Number of participants who experienced on treatment adverse events

    Time frame: Up to 4.5 years

  • Concentrations of petosemtamab predose and at end of infusion

    Time frame: Up to 6-12 months

  • Incidence and serum titers of anti-drug antibodies (ADAs) against petosemtamab

    Time frame: Up to 6-12 months

Eligibility criteria

Sex: AllAge: 18 Years and olderHealthy volunteers: No
Inclusion Criteria: * Able to provide written informed consent and is willing and able to comply with all study procedures and contraception requirements * Age ≥ 18 years at the signing of ICF * At least 1 measurable lesion as defined by RECIST 1.1 * ECOG performance status of 0 or 1 * Life expectancy ≥ 12 weeks, in the opinion of the Investigator * Adequate hematologic function * Creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL/min calculated according to the Cockroft and Gault formula * Adequate liver function * Serum albumin ≥ 3 g/dL * Serum magnesium and corrected calcium, Grade ≤ 1 alteration * Participants of childbearing potential must agree to use highly effective contraception methods for the duration of study participation * Histologically confirmed metastatic (Stage IV) sqNSCLC with PD-L1 TPS ≥ 50% * No prior systemic treatment for metastatic disease * Testing is required per local SOC and availability of testing to document absence of actionable genomic tumor aberrations * Histologically confirmed metastatic (Stage IV) non-squamous NSCLC with PD-L1 TPS ≥ 50% Exclusion Criteria: * Has untreated CNS metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis * Participation in an interventional clinical study with any investigational drug within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of study treatment OR participation in any clinical study with petosemtamab at any time prior to the first dose of study treatment, regardless of whether petosemtamab was received * Participants who received prior treatment with a PD-(L)1 inhibitor * Participants who have received prior systemic chemotherapy, targeted or biological antineoplastic therapy for metastatic NSCLC * Any systemic anticancer therapy within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of study treatment * Major surgery or radiotherapy within 3 weeks prior to the first dose of study treatment. Participants who received prior radiotherapy to ≥ 25% of bone marrow are not eligible, regardless of when it was received. * Persistent Grade \> 1 clinically significant toxicities related to prior antineoplastic therapies using NCI-CTCAE v5.0 * History of hypersensitivity reaction to any of the excipients of petosemtamab or pembrolizumab * Unstable angina; history of congestive heart failure of Class II-IV New York Heart Association criteria or serious cardiac arrhythmia requiring treatment (except atrial fibrillation, paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia); or history of myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to the first dose of study treatment * History of prior malignancies within the last 5 years, with the exception of excised local cancer * Current dyspnea at rest of any origin or other diseases requiring continuous oxygen therapy, including participants with a history of ILD (eg, pneumonitis or pulmonary fibrosis) or evidence of ILD on baseline chest CT scan * Current serious illness or medical condition, including but not limited to uncontrolled active infection and clinically significant pulmonary, metabolic, or psychiatric disorders * Known infectious disease * Participants who are pregnant or breastfeeding.

Study locations (6)

Florida Cancer Specialists - North

St. Petersburg, Florida, 33701-4553

Recruiting

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Long Island City, New York, 11101

Recruiting
Paul Paik, MD · Contact

Tennessee Site 2

Chattanooga, Tennessee, 37403

Recruiting
Study Coordinator · Contact

Tennessee Site 1

Nashville, Tennessee, 37209

Recruiting
Study Coordinator · Contact

Virginia Site 2

Blacksburg, Virginia, 24060

Recruiting

Virginia Site 1

Fairfax, Virginia, 22031

Recruiting